Corvette Racing has won
GT class honors in six of the last 13 ALMS races including Sebring (Gavin / Milner / Westbrook) and Laguna Seca (Magnussen / Garcia).
But unlike the original car, version 3.0 is competing only for
GT class honors rather than trading paint — well, carbon - fiber — with Porsche, Audi, and Toyota for overall wins in the prototype class.
Not exact matches
Gavin and Beretta Win for Chevrolet at Mosport International Raceway BOWMANVILLE, Ontario — The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team took top
honors in the
GTS class in Sunday's American Le Mans Series event at Mosport International Raceway.
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario — The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team took top
honors in the
GTS class in Sunday's American Le Mans Series event at Mosport International Raceway.
Earning top
honors in the other
classes were the Bentley Continental
GT in the Super Luxury / Exotic
class, the Ford Mustang
GT in the Full - size competition, Chevrolet Corvette in Performance / Roadster, and the Mazda MX5 Miata in Small Convertible.
After the Corvette C5 - R earned
GTS -
class wins at Le Mans in 2001 and 2002, the sanctioning body of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
honored Chevrolet by asking it to produce two pace cars and four safety cars to cover the 8.5 - mile Circuit de la Sarthe circuit in 2003.
Michael Schein and Jan Heylen, meanwhile, completed a clean sweep of the weekend in
GT Pro-Am, taking their No. 16 Wright Porsche to top
class honors with a 11th place overall finish.
Taking top
honors in the
GT SprintX Am
class were Caesar Bacarella - of Miami, Fla. and 2016 GTA series champion Martin Fuentes of Mexico City, Mex., in the No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia Ferrari 488
GT3.
Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia took home the top
honors in a very competitive
GT class.
It will mark one of five entries that are set to compete for
GT Cup
honors in the
GT class race this weekend.
Following his Super
GT testing commitments, Fred Makowiecki returns to the No. 99 Aston Martin Vantage in GTE - Pro, partnering Bruno Senna, while Rolad Goethe completes the lineup in the No. 95 Aston Martin with Jamie Campbell - Walter and Stuart Hall, who took GTE - Am
class honors at Interlagos.